ABS-CBN reporter Ryan Chua, via ABS-CBNNews.com, reports that when asked to weigh in on the word war between Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano, Sen. Ping Lacson had this to say: "The Senate is the loser. Nobody is the winner."

The report further noted: "(Lacson) blamed Sen. Miriam Santiago for starting the controversy, which led to the events this week. Santiago criticized Enrile for distributing the Senate’s savings to other senators allegedly as ’cash gifts,’ although the Senate President had said it was for additional maintenance and other operating expenses."